It was the best bg in the game.
Endless honor farm, fun powers from rares. What epic bg u believe is better than ashran ? Why was it considered bad ?
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I played WoD non-stop on launch for like 2-3 weeks and as much as I queued for Ashran I think I got in once.
Old Ashran was 40vs40 not 25vs25 so it was incredibly laggy.
The score system wasnât 150 and first to 0 loses, it was a weird system of like
Alliance players killed: 0/600
Horde players killed: 50/1000
which would change throughout the BG.
And then old Ashran was more focused on the BG gimmicks. For example killing the champion, grabbing class specific powers, going after and controlling the orbs, funneling resources into your boss to power him up to go out.
Neither of those things are required or even used in Ashran to win now.
I know. Old Ashran was the only thing that kept me playing WoD. Now its just crap. It was an improved classic AV.
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Eh. I much prefer the new version.
Short, to the point, satisfies my itch for large scale PVP. 40vs40 Ashran was unplayable for most due to server lag. WoW cant handle 40 v 40, it can barely handle 20 vs 20.
No epic bg is better, but epic bgs in general are garbage zerg fests. As to why I didnât like it and still donât? Because I dislike zergfests.
I can only speak for myself, but: Because itâs PvP.
For me PvP is bad. For me it has no place in this game. For me itâs an acitivity that drives on toxicity.
Maybe a reason for others would be that it simply takes too long? And you lose the âpersonal elementâ in large scale battles?
You say that and yet for me AV never lagged, old Ashran always lagged. I have to agree though I find the new version much better get in kill loads get out 
Vanilla Alterac Valley.
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Itâs a BG where folk try and be organised and there is others who donât give a toss about winning and these two clash and it normally starts rows. from what I have noticed. Apart from that I think Ashran is OKâŚ
I hated Ashran because no one won and it never ended.
Hot take: Current Ashran is my favorite BG.
It was not laggy, I played ashran a lot in WoD and it was fine. The lag in epic bgs started in Legion
Biggest reason i hate Ashran, is because firstly it kills my fps and i have a very powerful pc so it is not my pc. The lag in Ashran 80% of the time i am in there is unacceptable. The actual Bg i do not mind at all.
I get a steady 140+ fps anywhere in game, but when i enter Ashran it drops to 40 and it feels less, this is an issue blizzard side and not my PC
I prefer Isle of Conquest and Arathor ( the snowy one with towers and galv ) when its a race to the boss.
I hate trashran, its a mess ive only ever won it twice , Alliance inc myself dont seem to know what to do , what rares to do etc. We die next to the enemy and we have such a long ride back to the warfront, by that time the rest of your team are dead. Horde just seem to be able to push us to our base and then just stay there. To me its the worst BG , the layout, atmosphere. colour scheme. Its rage inducing.
ugh, new Ashran is super lame. Just two blobs of players wacking at each other until one side wins. I find pve more engaging and I donât say that easily.
WoD Ashran I loved. Huge themepark of various events that gave different advantages and battles that changed tactics and promoted teams to adapt and think as the game went on.
Not just: âKill more than them. dk pull healer, spam aoe for 40minâ *shudders *
Because it sucks.
Because it was the only content after we finished clearing the raid and mythic dungeons for the week, other than sitting in our garrison. And out of every casual pvp option, it was the fastest way to get 710 ilvl pvp gear.
So, because people spent a lot of time there and it was part of WoD. Personally i liked it, especially when both teams just chilled there and farmed ,whatever those fragments were called, from mobs and did the events. The new version is much worse.
Because thereâs always something to hate on and then look back and think of it fondly.
I didnât PvP so I didnât care about it in WoD. Current Ashran is so boring though.
It didnât even feel like a BG, it was just a bunch of PVE events in a PVP environment.
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Ashran along with the raids was WoD best content. The new ashran âpush / flag / push / flagâ using like 10% of the map is terribad though.
Better than new WG where you most immediately know if you win or loose dependingif youâre defending or not. But new Ashran is still sad.
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